Should mandatory (or voluntary) prayer be permitted in public schools?

Mandatory prayer in Public schools? absolutely not.  I feel strongly that if an individual wants to pray that's great and fine but by no means should any individual be forced into prayer.  God, Higher Power, Buddha, or whatever people choose as their God is personal and close to the heart.  Making a child or even an adult be mandated by the state or a school is ridiculous.  Don't get me wrong I love Jesus and believe very much in God.  As a child raised Catholic, I was forced religion down my throat and grew up resentful towards God. Now, not all are the same, but we should all have our own expression to be free from any force on the matter relating to prayer.  We have enough crazy holy rollers out there that get in the way of people being able to choose their own faith. I have some very firm beliefs and feel that the Muslim faith is fine and also should be accepted.  But if your in our country living in our land i do not feel it fair to others for you to be able to be excused from class or work to pray. I'm by no means a hater on the Muslim faith, I just feel that our country was founded on Christianity.  Yes we let people from all over the world come to America but why should they get treated any differently then the red blooded Americans that were born her. So go ahead and pray but do it on your own time. God of any ones understanding is always there.  Heck I pray at times in the shower.                                                                                                                                              

Should laws regarding minimum wage (or the forty-hour work week) be revised?

To be completely honest with you I've never in my life as an employee worked for minimum wage.  How can anyone survive and actually live off that?  I have no idea how people do it.  Ive been fortunate enough to be a skilled carpenter and have worked in the building trades for years.  I have friends and family that today, make only minimum wage, and I see the struggles they go through.  We are all struggling in these times of economic crunch.  Jobs are virtually non existent.  If a particular person does however make minimum wage, I feel that they should be compensated for every second there working or clocked in; Time and a half for any second over forty hours only seems fair.  Actually its probably less then fair but employers should be giving  their employees there fair share for the time they put in at a certain job. I seriously think that we should definitely increase our minimum wage to at least the cost of living would $10.00 an hour be more accurate?  That's still bottom dollar, hard to make a living on, but can be managed.  All I can say is PLEASE VOTE  and vote Democratic.

3.Should newspaper reporters be required to reveal their sources?

No Newspaper reporters should not be required to reveal their sources unless a person is at risk or our Country is in danger.  freedom of press and the right to privacy is important to me and many Americans.  Our country is more and more forgetting or ignoring the rights of our citizens to help further the governments cause and not ours (THE AMERICAN).  I say to the Establishment to S...k my .....! fill in the blanks.
  If i were required to tell others about the things they've share with me in confidence i would have no friend.  Same as with the reporter if he shared his sources secrets the either would be out a job or not have nothing to write about because he would not be trusted. trust is the foundation to all good relationships weather personal or job related.  SO KEEP ON KEEPING YOUR LIPS SEALERS AND WRITE AWAY ILL NEVER TELL SHIT TO NO ONE UNLESS SOMEONE OR MY GREAT NATION WAS AT RISK!